Motivational Interviewing in Hearing Aid Users
Key facts
- Where
- Vancouver, CanadaSee the site
Where in Canada
- University of British ColumbiaVancouver, CanadaNo longer taking part
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- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
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- Who runs it
- University of British Columbia
- Trial code
- NCT04673565
- Record updated
- 7 May 2026
- Original description
Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic disabilities in the older adult population and affects their quality of life. Hearing aid use can improve one's quality of life by increasing a person's ability to detect, differentiate and locate sound, and improve speech recognition. Several factors seem to reduce motivation to use a hearing aid. Fears of exclusion and shame due to hearing loss are major deterrents to hearing aid use. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a counselling style aimed at creating desire in patients to change their behavior.Read full original descriptionShow less
A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effects of Motivational Interviewing in New Hearing Aid Users
Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic disabilities in the older adult population and affects their quality of life. Hearing aid use can improve one's quality of life by increasing a person's ability to detect, differentiate and locate sound, and improve speech recognition. Several factors seem to reduce motivation to use a hearing aid. Fears of exclusion and shame due to hearing loss are major deterrents to hearing aid use. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a counselling style aimed at creating desire in patients to change their behavior.
There have been pilot studies that suggest one-on-one MI can increase hearing aid use, but other pilot studies found the reverse hence the evidence is inconclusive. The effectiveness of group MI therapy is also being investigated in MI research. While results in group MI research are promising, studies investigating group MI have been limited to substance abuse.
Inclusion: 18 years and older; New hearing aid user; Unilateral or bilateral hearing threshold above 25 dB in the worse ear (based on four-frequency PTA across 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 kHz, high-frequency PTA across 3, 4, 6, and 8 kHz, and low-frequency PTA across 0.5, 1 and 2 kHz).
Exclusion: History of hearing aid use; Do not understand the English language; Unable to complete the online questionnaires in English language; Have inconsistent pure-tone audiometric readings; Have medical constraints that prohibit them from wearing hearing aids.